The Personal Development Plan should be compiled as follows a) The identified training needs should be entered into column 1 of the Appendix, entitled Skills / Performance Gap. The following should be carefully determined during such a process: o Organisational needs, which include the following: • Strategic development priorities and competency requirements, in line with the municipality’s strategic objectives. • The competency requirements of individual jobs. The relevant job requirements (job competency profile) as identified in the job description should be compared to the current competency profile of the employee to determine the individual’s competency gaps. • Specific competency gaps as identified during the probation period and performance appraisal of the employee. o Individual training needs that are job / career related.
